GitHub Spotlight: 4/16/2025

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Here’s what’s new in Rock’s GitHub for Pre-Alpha Release 18.0.4, released on 4/15/2025.

17.0 Highlights

v17.0 was released in Beta on April 4, 2025. See the Release Notes for complete details.

17.1 Highlights

  • Added new settings to the Kiosk Devices to allow individuals to add or edit family information using Next-Gen Check-in.
  • Improved performance when sending and looking up messages by adding a new database index to the UniqueMessageId property from the Communication Recipient table.
  • Added a new workflow action called AI Completion that lets admins use external AI services to create messages, summaries, and more using custom prompts and workflow data.
  • Added new settings to the Obsidian Registration Entry block that let staff turn ACH and credit card payment options on or off. This also affects which saved payment methods registrants can use.
  • Added the Obsidian Communication Template Detail block that lets admins view and edit communication templates using the cleaner Obsidian interface.
  • Added new properties to the data return from the AppendWatches Lava filter to track how much of a video someone watched and where they left off, making it easier to resume playback later.
  • Updated the Benevolence Request Detail block to set the person’s campus to the selected campus when creating the record using the “Create Record From Fields” option.
  • Improved the speed and performance of Universal Search when using the Lucene backend.
  • Issue 6190 Fixed a bug where pages from other sites could be viewed incorrectly when exclusive page routes were turned on.
  • Issue 6227 Fixed a bug where schedules showed the wrong end time if an event ended early the next day after it started.

Mobile

  • Added support to track an individual’s location permissions.

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